Micah 4:6-13 - Yahweh Will Deliver Zion
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this is the Lord’s declaration—
I will assemble the lame
and gather the scattered,
those I have injured.
those far removed into a strong nation.
Then the Lord will rule over them
from this time on and forever.
fortified hill
the former rule
sovereignty will come to Daughter Jerusalem.
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Is there no king with you?
Has your counselor perished
so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?
like a woman in labor,
for now you will leave the city
and camp in the open fields.
You will go to Babylon;
there you will be rescued;
there the Lord will redeem you
from the power of your enemies!
they say, “Let her be defiled,
and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”
or understand His plan,
that He has gathered them
like sheaves to the threshing floor.
for I will make your horns iron
and your hooves bronze,
so you can crush many peoples.
Then you
to the Lord for destruction,
their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.